If Life Can Exist in Sea Vents, Then It Can Exist Elsewhere Without Sunlight

The fact that this chain of life existed [at volcanic vents on the seafloor] in the black cold of the deep sea and was utterly independent of sunlight�previously thought to be the font of all Earth's life�has startling ramifications. If life could flourish there, nurtured by a complex chemical process based on geothermal heat, then life could exist under similar conditions on planets far removed from the nurturing light of our parent star, the Sun.

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Increasing the range of places life can occur in the universe.

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Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe

Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Ward , Peter Douglas and Brownlee , Donald (2003-12-10), Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe, Springer, Retrieved on 2011-12-15

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